Ca. 100-300 AD. Roman. A rare, yellow-green coloured glass dish with a folded broad rim. The interior surface is plain whilst the outside is decorated with a floral pattern radiating from the centre of the base. Good condition. Strabo (Geography 16.2.25) tells us that the Romans in the early Imperial period (1st century AD) were masters of glass-making techniques: "At Rome, also, it is said that many inventions are made, both for producing the colours and for facilitating production techniques, as, for example, of wares resembling rock crystal; thus one can buy there a [glass] bowl or drinking vessel for a copper." By the Late Roman period (4th-5th century AD), good quality glass tableware such as this one - which were kept in the dining/reception rooms or the entrance room of a house - were less common and could have been used as a showpiece and perhaps even as a status symbol, suggesting that glass vessels played an important role in late Antique dining and society. For more information, see Bayley, J., Freestone, I., & Jackson, C. (2015). Glass of the Roman World. Oxford And Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 88; 135. Size: L:60mm / W:200mm ; 247g. Provenance: From the private collection of Mr. R. Unger; previously with a London gallery; acquired in the 1990s on the UK art market.